"live in, rent-free, and give his job to a young Dubliner named Michael McBride (Sean Connery). Darby begs Michael not to tell Katie that he is being replaced, to which Michael reluctantly agrees. That very night, Darby is captured by the leprechauns while chasing Fitzpatrick's runaway horse Cleopatra (revealed to be a Pooka), on top of the fairy mountain Knocknasheega. Darby learns that King Brian has brought him into the mountain so he could avoid the shameful admission to Katie about losing his job, but this would mean that Darby would not be allowed to return to Rathcullen and must"
"Darby O'Gill Darby O'Gill is a fictional Irishman who appears in the writings of British author Herminie Templeton Kavanagh, including her books ""Darby O'Gill and the Good People"" (1903) and ""Ashes of Old Wishes and Other Darby O'Gill Tales"" (1926). In 1959, the Walt Disney adapted Kavanaugh's works to the silver screen under the title ""Darby O'Gill and the Little People"". In the film, O'Gill is an aging groundskeeper who engages in a friendly battle of wits with a leprechaun king, and is played by the actor Albert Sharpe. At least two American Irish-music bands have taken O'Gill's name under"
"which to perform. Darby O'Gill operates in Portland, Oregon, while Darby O'Gill and the Little People center their performances in Las Vegas. Apart from the use of the name, the two bands have no connection. Darby O'Gill Darby O'Gill is a fictional Irishman who appears in the writings of British author Herminie Templeton Kavanagh, including her books ""Darby O'Gill and the Good People"" (1903) and ""Ashes of Old Wishes and Other Darby O'Gill Tales"" (1926). In 1959, the Walt Disney adapted Kavanaugh's works to the silver screen under the title ""Darby O'Gill and the Little People"". In the film, O'Gill"
"""The Charladies' Ball"". O'Dea made some film appearances, such as ""Darby O'Gill and the Little People"" (1959) in which he played King Brian of the little people and ""Johnny Nobody"" (1961). He also had a successful career in pantomime and toured Ireland and England many times, and is much associated with actress Maureen Potter (1925-2004), with whom he often partnered. O'Dea was also a prolific songwriter in his day. Many of his songs are still well known to this day, some of them having been sung and recorded by Dublin singer Frank Harte. O'Dea married Ursula Doyle. Maureen Potter was"
"of all these productions was the cooperation of several composers in the creation of the music. Wallace understood this and integrated ""leitmotiv""-like elements from the individual songs into the film scores. When the Disney studios began to increasingly produce full-length feature films, Wallace also wrote scores for these. In ""Darby O'Gill and the Little People"" (1959), Wallace wrote not only the score but also set the Lawrence Edward Watkin-penned popular songs ""Pretty Irish Girl"" and ""The Wishing Song"". In ""Toby Tyler, or Ten Weeks with the Circus"" (1959), he appeared as an actor, playing the conductor of the circus band."
"were spent in retirement. He died in 1970 in Belfast at the age of 84. Albert Sharpe Albert Sharpe (15 April 1885 – 13 February 1970) was an Irish stage and film actor. Sharpe was born in Belfast where he attended St. Mary's Christian Brothers Grammar School. His most famous roles were those of Darby O'Gill in Disney's ""Darby O'Gill and the Little People"" and as Finian McLonergan in the Original Broadway production of the musical ""Finian's Rainbow"". (the film version, made in 1968, had Fred Astaire in the role.) On screen he played Fiona's father Andrew in the MGM"
"Albert Sharpe Albert Sharpe (15 April 1885 – 13 February 1970) was an Irish stage and film actor. Sharpe was born in Belfast where he attended St. Mary's Christian Brothers Grammar School. His most famous roles were those of Darby O'Gill in Disney's ""Darby O'Gill and the Little People"" and as Finian McLonergan in the Original Broadway production of the musical ""Finian's Rainbow"". (the film version, made in 1968, had Fred Astaire in the role.) On screen he played Fiona's father Andrew in the MGM musical Brigadoon. He was also a member of the Abbey Players. His last ten years"
"O'Gill Tales,"" were the sources for this movie. Darby O'Gill (Albert Sharpe) is the aging caretaker of Lord Fitzpatrick's (Walter Fitzgerald) estate in the small Irish town of Rathcullen, where he lives in the gatehouse with his lovely, almost grown, daughter Katie (Janet Munro). Darby spends most of his time in the town pub, regaling his friends with tales of his attempts to catch the leprechauns, in particular, their king, Brian Connors (Jimmy O'Dea). Darby is past his prime as a laborer, so Lord Fitzpatrick decides to retire him on half pay and give him and Katie another cottage to"
"Hornblower"" (1951), ""The Long Dark Hall"" (1951), ""Mogambo"" (1953; another John Ford film), ""Niagara"" (1953), ""Never Take No for an Answer"" (1953), ""The Rising of the Moon"" (1957), ""Captain Lightfoot"" (1957), ""Darby O'Gill and the Little People"" (1959), and ""Esther and the King"" (1960). He was married to actress Siobhán McKenna from 1946 until his death in 1978 at the age of 73; they had one son, Donnacha O'Dea, who is a champion swimmer and professional poker player. Denis O'Dea Denis O'Dea (26 April 1905 – 5 November 1978) was an Irish stage and film actor. He was born in"
"he was making a ""little nothing of a film"" and did not enjoy the shoot but it became a big success. The film also featured the big screen debut, in an unaccredited role, by former Miss Ohio and Elvis Presley consort Kathy Gabriel. The kind of cool modern jazz (or west coast jazz) popularized by such acts as Dave Brubeck, Gerry Mulligan, and Chico Hamilton, then in the vanguard of the college music market, features in a number of scenes with Basil. Called ""dialectic jazz"" in the film, the original compositions were by Pete Rugolo. MGM had bolstered the film's"
"Nora O'Mahoney Nora O'Mahoney (1912–1989) was an Irish actress and lay missionary, known for Molly Malloy in ""Darby O'Gill and the Little People"" (1959) and as Godmother in ""Wanderly Wagon"" (1967–1982). She was born in Dublin in 1912. O'Mahoney started in theatre, and worked extensively in the 1930s and 1940s, including plays such as ""Drama at Inish"" (1933), ""Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme"" (1941), and ""The United Brothers"" (1942). She started her film career with some uncredited appearances in movies such as ""Captain Boycott"" (1947) and ""Daughter of Darkness"" (1948). She emigrated to America in the early 1950s, where she continued to"
"dozen or so child actresses of average size were hired to make up for the shortage of little people that the studio found to appear in the film. At least one munchkin actor named Dale Paullin (stage name: """"Paul Dale"""") did not make the final cut for the movie. Only two munchkin actors (Joseph Koziel and Frank Cucksey) used their actual voices for the dialogue exchanged with Dorothy where she is given the flowers. The rest of the voices such as the ""munchkin chorus"" were created by studio voices recorded at a slow speed. In 1989, author Stephen Cox researched,"
"to Ireland. She returned to acting in Ireland, first doing voice work on shows like ""Newsbeat"" (1964–71), and then won the role of Godmother in ""Wanderly Wagon"" (1967–1982). Her last television role was as Mrs. Hodnott in an episode of ""The Irish R.M."". She died in December 1989 in Dublin, Ireland. Nora O'Mahoney Nora O'Mahoney (1912–1989) was an Irish actress and lay missionary, known for Molly Malloy in ""Darby O'Gill and the Little People"" (1959) and as Godmother in ""Wanderly Wagon"" (1967–1982). She was born in Dublin in 1912. O'Mahoney started in theatre, and worked extensively in the 1930s and"
"J. Pat O'Malley James Patrick Francis O'Malley (March 15, 1904 – February 27, 1985) was an English singer and character actor, who appeared in many American films and television programmes from the 1940s to 1982, using the stage name J. Pat O'Malley. He also appeared on the Broadway stage in ""Ten Little Indians"" (1944) and ""Dial M for Murder"" (1954). A ""New York Times"" drama critic praised O'Malley's performance in ""Ten Little Indians"", calling him ""a rara avis, a comedian who does not gauge the success of his efforts by the number of laughs he induces at each performance"". Born"
"July 23, 2016. Corbin Bleu Corbin Bleu Reivers (; born February 21, 1989), known professionally as Corbin Bleu, is an American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter. He performed in the ""High School Musical"" film series (2006–2008). Songs from the films also charted worldwide, with the song ""I Don't Dance"" peaking inside the Top 10 of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. During this time, he also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie ""Jump In!"" (2007). His first lead role was in the film ""Catch That Kid"" (2004). He has since appeared in the Discovery Kids drama series ""Flight 29"
"Murray MacLeod Murray MacLeod (born September 9, 1940) is an American actor, television and film composer, and singer who, along with his sister, Melinda, and Roger Nichols, formed the Small Circle of Friends (Roger Nichols Trio). Simultaneously, he was a singer with The Parade (along with Jerry Riopelle and Smokey Roberds), that had a ""Billboard"" Top 20 hit, ""Sunshine Girl"" in 1967. In 1969, MacLeod and Dennis Whitcomb were cast as two young men released from the United States Army still living on a temporarily deserted western fort in the episode ""A Full House"" of the syndicated television series, ""Death"
"René Auberjonois René Murat Auberjonois (; born June 1, 1940) is an American actor and singer. In films, Auberjonois has portrayed Father Mulcahy in ""MASH"" (1970), and Chef Louis in ""The Little Mermaid"" (1989), in which he sang ""Les Poissons"". In the American animated musical comedy film ""Cats Don't Dance"" (1997), Auberjonois lent his voice as Flanagan, the human film director of ""Li'l Ark Angel"". In various long-running television series, Auberjonois portrayed a number of characters, including: Clayton Endicott III on ""Benson"" (for which he was nominated for an Emmy Award), Odo on """", and Paul Lewiston on ""Boston Legal""."
"Corbin Bleu Corbin Bleu Reivers (; born February 21, 1989), known professionally as Corbin Bleu, is an American actor, model, dancer, film producer and singer-songwriter. He performed in the ""High School Musical"" film series (2006–2008). Songs from the films also charted worldwide, with the song ""I Don't Dance"" peaking inside the Top 10 of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. During this time, he also starred in the Disney Channel Original Movie ""Jump In!"" (2007). His first lead role was in the film ""Catch That Kid"" (2004). He has since appeared in the Discovery Kids drama series ""Flight 29 Down"" (2005–2007), as"
"was not listed at all in the credits. On the other hand, William Warfield, whose role as Joe, Queenie's husband, was also drastically shortened in the film from the stage original, did receive screen credit because he sang ""Ol' Man River"". Bit parts are often significant in the story line and sometimes pivotal, as in Jack Albertson's role as a postal worker in the 1947 feature film ""Miracle on 34th Street"". Some characters with bit parts attract significant attention. Konstantin Stanislavski remarked that ""there are no small parts, only small actors."" Dabbs Greer, a bit actor, once said, ""Every character"
"Omero Mumba Omero James Mumba (born 2 July 1989) is an Irish actor and singer. Mumba was born in Dublin, Ireland, to Peter Mumba, a Zambian aircraft engineer and Barbara, who is Irish; his sister, Samantha Mumba, is an actress and singer. He features on the song ""The Boy"", released on her first album ""Gotta Tell You"". In 2002, aged 13, he attempted a musical career of his own with his single ""Lil' Big Man"". It peaked at number 42 in the UK Singles Chart. After appearing in a 1995 episode of the television series, ""The Governor"", Mumba was cast"
"be seen on the DVD. Since the film's release, the filmmakers have been criticised for casting Ingrid Bergman, a tall woman with a Swedish accent, as Gladys Aylward, who was in fact short and had a cockney accent. Likewise, the two male leads, British actor Robert Donat and Austrian actor Curt Jurgens were not even Chinese (though Jurgens' character is said to be half-Dutch). Singer Bill Elliott sang the hit song The Inn of the Sixth Happiness with the Cyril Stapleton Orchestra. The film was based on the biography ""The Small Woman"" (1957) by Alan Burgess. The real Gladys Aylward"
"Tailor's Bill"" (1915), Waddy Rooney in ""Rooney the Bride"" (1915), Mr Orlinsky, Darya's father in ""The Cossack Whip"" (1916), Pa Lane in ""The Matchmakers"" (1916), Angus Ban Keillor in ""Kidnapped"" (1917), Sheriff Len Moody in ""Light in the Darkness"" (1917), Dominick in ""The Little Chevalier"" (1917), Snowshoe in ""Salt of the Earth"" (1917), Muggins, the King in ""The Royal Pauper"" (also known as ""The Princess from the Poorhouse"") (1917), Gunner Kregier in ""Barnaby Lee"" (c1917) and ""White Mice"" (1926). In his later years Wadsworth was a stage actor in New York where his wife Mabel (born 1883) worked as a"
"Mr. Ryan's death, his widow carried on and indeed expanded the business. Their daughter was the Hollywood actress, Kathleen Ryan who starred in many movies in the 1940s and 1950s and their son John was an artist and man of letters who wrote a famous memoir of bohemian Dublin in the 1950s—""Remembering How we Stood"". Diarmuid O'Ríain (Darby Ryan) was born at Ashgrove, Bansha in 1777 and was a poet and patriot, his most famous composition was undoubtedly ""The Peeler and the Goat"", a ballad or satire which was popularly sung across Ireland and was taken worldwide by emigrants. Copies"
"by the River"" which was later covered by many singers in Ireland, including Margo O'Donnell who had a hit with it in 1968, and T.R. Dallas. His song ""On the One Road"" was adopted by the Irish Army as its official song in 1943. Other popular evergreens composed by him were ""Sitting on the bridge below the town"" and ""Little White Cross"". He appeared in the films ""Murder in Eden"" (1961), ""Johnny Nobody"" (1961), ""The Quare Fellow"" (adaptation of Brendan Behan's play, 1962) and ""Flight of the Doves"" (1971). He married the actress Kitty McMahon. They had two daughters together,"
"is a tale about a wily Irishman and his battle of wits with leprechauns. Upon the film's initial release, A. H. Weiler of ""The New York Times"" praised the cast (save Connery whom he described as ""merely tall, dark, and handsome"") and thought the film an ""overpoweringly charming concoction of standard Gaelic tall stories, fantasy and romance."" In his book ""The Disney Films"", film critic and historian Leonard Maltin stated that, """"Darby O'Gill and the Little People"" is not only one of Disney's best films, but is certainly one of the best fantasies ever put on film."" He also had"
"as Luke, in the episode ""Skinhead"" (S4/Ep18). Murray MacLeod Murray MacLeod (born September 9, 1940) is an American actor, television and film composer, and singer who, along with his sister, Melinda, and Roger Nichols, formed the Small Circle of Friends (Roger Nichols Trio). Simultaneously, he was a singer with The Parade (along with Jerry Riopelle and Smokey Roberds), that had a ""Billboard"" Top 20 hit, ""Sunshine Girl"" in 1967. In 1969, MacLeod and Dennis Whitcomb were cast as two young men released from the United States Army still living on a temporarily deserted western fort in the episode ""A Full"
"Janet Munro Janet Neilson Horsburgh (28 September 1934 – 6 December 1972), known as Janet Munro, was an English actress. She won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the film ""Darby O'Gill and the Little People"" (1959) and received a BAFTA Film Award nomination for her performance in the film ""Life for Ruth"" (1962). Munro starred in three Disney films: ""Darby O'Gill and the Little People"" (1959), ""Third Man on the Mountain"" (1959) and ""Swiss Family Robinson"" (1960). Other film credits were roles in ""The Trollenberg Terror"" (1958) and ""The Day the Earth Caught Fire"" (1961). Born Janet"
"Street Children later that year. Daragh O'Malley Daragh Gerard Marion O'Malley (born 25 May 1954) is an Irish actor, director, producer. He was born in Limerick, Ireland. Among a multitude of TV appearances O'Malley is known for his portrayal of Patrick Harper in the long-running [1993-2009] ""Sharpe"" TV series with Sean Bean. O'Malley first appeared in roles in the films ""The Long Good Friday"" and ""Withnail and I"", leading guest roles in many UK television series including ""Tales of the Unexpected"", ""Waking The Dead"", ""Wire in the Blood"", ""Silent Witness"" and ""Vera"", and roles in ""Longitude"", ""Cleopatra"" for ABC and"
"actual producer, and DeMille did not receive screen credit, though students of his films would probably find that his touch is obvious throughout the film. Nevertheless, DeMille was unhappy with the film and tried unsuccessfully to improve it; critical response was generally unfavorable, despite some impressive battle scenes. The movie's supporting cast featured Inger Stevens, Henry Hull, E. G. Marshall, Lorne Greene, Ted de Corsia, Ed Hinton and Douglass Dumbrille. Possibly as a film tie-in, Johnny Horton had a big success at the time with his version of the song ""The Battle of New Orleans"". Claiborne's only surviving daughter, Sophronie"
"playing the Group W sergeant. (Walsh had previously appeared as an uncredited extra in ""Midnight Cowboy"", released three months prior.) The film also features cameo appearances by American folksingers/songwriters Lee Hays (playing a reverend at an evangelical meeting) and Pete Seeger (playing himself). The original song ""Alice's Restaurant Massacree"" that formed the basis for the film's central plotline was, for the most part, a true story. However, other than this and the hippie wedding at the end of the film, most of the other events and characters in the film were fictional creations of the screenplay's writers. According to Guthrie,"
"Sally and Corrie. Munro and Hendry were divorced in 1971. Munro died from a heart attack caused by chronic ischaemic heart disease at Whittington Hospital, north London in 1972, aged 38 years. She was cremated and interred at the Golders Green Crematorium. Janet Munro Janet Neilson Horsburgh (28 September 1934 – 6 December 1972), known as Janet Munro, was an English actress. She won a Golden Globe Award for her performance in the film ""Darby O'Gill and the Little People"" (1959) and received a BAFTA Film Award nomination for her performance in the film ""Life for Ruth"" (1962). Munro starred"
"(1956), ""The Girl Can't Help It"" (1956), ""The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"" (1961), ""The Wild Bunch"" (1969) and ""The Other Side of the Wind"" (1970-1976; 2018). O'Brien was born Eamon Joseph O'Brien in Brooklyn, New York, to Irish parents. He was the seventh and last child of James O'Brien and Agnes Baldwin. Both his parents were natives of Tallow, Co. Waterford, Ireland. When he was four years old, O'Brien's father died. He put on magic shows for children in his neighborhood with coaching from a neighbor, Harry Houdini. He performed under the title, ""Neirbo the Great"" (""neirbo"" being ""O'Brien"""
"about an orphan Irish lad taken in by Scottish relatives where the boy begins a long and loving relationship with his rather crusty but fascinating great-grandfather. The film was based on a novel by the famed writer A. J. Cronin and it's one of the few films made by MGM in the forties which didn't have a Gable or a Tracy, a Rooney, Garson or Hedy Lamarr or some other big star among the players, but the cast we do get really couldn't be better. The leading role is split between two actors — Dean Stockwell, at the age of"